limited partnership, for a term of 55 years for the purpose of developing housing for very low-income senior households; adopting findings under the california environmental quality act; and adopting findings that the conveyance is consistent with the general plan, and the eight priority policies of the planning code, section 101.1. ~ and adopting the requisite findings. >> i'd like to first ask if reextremity -- okay. i'd like to call up the redevelopment agency for a few brief words to describe ~ the purpose of today's hearing and we'll open up the hearing. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors. i'm tracy [speaker not understood]. i'm actually the director of housing development at the mayor's office of housing. we're working with the [speaker not understood] and office of community investment and infrastructure for their housing obligations or retain housing obligations because of their dissolution. so, what is before you today is a hearing to authorize the ground lease with the office of community investment and infrastructure for this affordable housing site for 120 units of affordable senior housing. the rewhy we're having the hearing is because the redevelopment agency in its

further capacity used tax funds to acquire the site at [speaker not understood] carroll avenue and under the health and safety code [speaker not understood], authorize a ground lease for any [speaker not understood] using tax increment funds through a public hearing process, which is why we're here before you today. so, just a little background about the project. it is 420 units of affordable senior housing. it's going developed with [speaker not understood] as well as bayview hunters point senior center and also have a ground floor community senior center for bayview residents and seniors. 90 of the units are supposed to be offered to house the public housing residents as far as the housing [speaker not understood] housing public revitalization project. and the lease itself is for 55 years a the clerk had mentioned. the initial term, and an

additional term for a lease of 99 years at the end of the day. as the board is familiar, if the successor agency is sub poed to wind down its activities at some point once their housing obligations are complete. so, upon completion of this particular project the lease itself will be transferred to the mayor's office of housing and community development as the successor housing agency and we will actually come back to the board for that authorization [speaker not understood]. >> colleague, any questions on this? okay. let's hear now from members of the public that wish to speak in this hearing. any members of the public wish to speak to this item? please step up. hi, my name is [speaker not understood]. i like to be called juicy edmond. i'm a [speaker not understood] advocate and community organizer. i live in the [speaker not understood]. i live in an s-r-o and there

are many seniors [speaker not understood] christmas and new year's [speaker not understood] chinese neighbor, she's like 72 and she had fallen and i was trying to pick her up and i found out [speaker not understood] dead weight. i asked my staff to come talk with her. i know too often in san francisco many seniors who are 50 year plus and 55, live in s-r-os. this is a good opportunity to build housing for us all tenants together because as i age ~ i'm going to need a place like that, too. and i used to go to acupuncture at carroll street where coca cola used to be. so, it's important to build housing for all because i think that is the most [speaker not understood] that is our [speaker not understood] in america people [speaker not understood]. we do not want to

be like russia and some of the african countries that are killing lgbt people because who they are. that would be america's greatest gift back to the people, housing for all, habitat for humanity, something jimmy carter started. [speaker not understood] there are a lot of older and disabled people who live in s-r-o hotels. thank you. >> any other members of the public wish to speak? please step up. yeah, i think it's a good thing to consider old people and, you know, we have very little respect of the old people, an old lady that lives around us, she mentioned she appreciated my son, you know, he would always talk to her. i talked to my son, basically all he would say is hi, how are

you doing? which goes to show that, you know, the old people are totally neglected. i mean, not neglected, but disrespected. it used to be when i was -- before i got old when i was -- we were taught we should respect old people. now you hear a lot about young kids calling old people by their first name. i'm never comfortable with that, really. just a real lack of respect. you know, some of you -- some of the people in this room know i am a christian and the bible has a lot to say about respecting your elders. for instance, jesus told the people, you know, that they had neglected the command that god gave to honor your mother and your father by saying these magic word, corbin and the words corbin meant the money they would have used to help their parents out could be

given to the temple and they would not be obligated according to their religious people in israel in his day to help their parents. but -- is that it? okay. >> 27 seconds. okay. and he mentioned actually, you know, he upheld the law of moses where he said that moses said that if a child curses his mother and his father, then he he should be put to death. jesus actually quoted, you know, a command that god gave to his servant moses in regards to the -- upholding the respect for elders. >> any other members of the public wish to speak in public comment? please step up. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is john [speaker not understood] and [speaker not understood]. i would like to add my comment to the 17 51 carroll avenue

senior housing project. the main thing i want to talk about is, thank you, security issues. especially along carroll street, it is a street that is not inhabited. there are businesses in that area. it's a business commercial zone, i believe. and, so, there are security issues concerning that. there is significant issues concerning recycling and other programs the city would run, and also street lighting. i live very close to there. i spend many nights very close to there at mother brown's which is on van dyke street and it would be helpful to know what -- the successor agency to the redevelopment agency, the san francisco redevelopment agency which i know from our dealings with the city, including the bar association of san francisco. i just wanted to know what this

successor agency is to be called and exactly how it would seek to find financing toward this project. thank you. >> are there any other members of the public that wish to speak on this item? if not, public comment on this item is closed -- [gavel] >> sorry, let me rescind that. how are you doing. this is not going to take long. mr. avalos, am i breed, am i cohen, i've been coming to the board meetings for the last couple of months and they've been [speaker not understood] people who have lost their lives and who have passed on. and let that be a reason why that door should open for seniors. they're in their twilight year and they need someone to speak

for them. that's why you don't see many of them in this room today. there is no need, when you're looking at tv, there is no need to turn the channel. what you need to do is turn it off, and that's all. just take heed to that. thank you. >> are there any other members of the public that wish to speak on this item? okay, at this time this item has been heard and is filed. [gavel] >> on item 25, colleagues, can we take a roll call vote? >> on item 25, supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor dado? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. ~ supervisor farrell? farrell aye.

supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. there are 11 aye. >> the resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> colleague, why don't we now go to roll call for introductions. >> supervisor yee, you are first up to introduce new business. supervisor yee will submit. supervisor avalos? >> thank you, madam clerk. i have just an in memoriam for franco mancini. you may know him for his work in mclaren park. he brought restoration to mclaren park over the years. and his work of sharing with people the trails of mclaren park and the beauty of -- natural beauty of mclaren park

has really sparked what's become a real renaissance in people's awareness he and activism around the park. all around mclaren park there is a ring of community members who have been tedving to different parts of their play grounds or trees or patches of land. they have been doing great advocacy around the park, greater resources for the park. and it's really been part of what the legacy of franco mancini has been over the year. i met him in 2008 when i was running for supervisor. i didn't see him after that, but he took a lot of pride in his work, his stewardship of the park. he was pleased to know that there were many people who were running for supervisor in district 8 or district 11 who were park persons. that's how he deemed himself and people who cared about parks as park people.

for him mclaren park was a place that he sunk a lot of his energy and a lot of his effort and we have really reaped that effort over the years. so, just wanted to recognize -- franco mancini from friends of mclaren park and how he inspired a number of people to become involved through exploring gifts and features of mclaren park. want to thank him for his work and recognize him here at the board. the rest i'm submit. >> thank you, supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. >> thank you. i'm introducing two resolutions today. the first came out of the hearing that we had last week regarding california's ongoing drought. and as most people know that 2003s was the driest year of record in the bay area and 2014 is expected to be even drier. since i first called the hearing, we had thankfully a lot of rain, but unfortunately

though rainses are way below the average water level. as of february [speaker not understood], 47% of normal levels and snow pack was at 22% of normal levels. so, 2.6 million people, not just in san francisco, but throughout the bay area, depend on hetch hetchy. so, we must take this drought seriously. among other thing, we must start developing new sources of water and water conservation. on january 17th, governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency and called on california to reduce their water usage by 20%. san franciscans already have relatively low consumption. so, the sfpuc is asking for voluntarily reduced usage by 10%. last month, mayor lee issued an executive directive to all city departments outlining action to reduce water use and directing sfpuc to develop alternative sources of water.

fortunately, just last week, the governor signed a $680 million bill that would appropriate funding for drought mitigation measures including funding local projects that are shovel ready. and san francisco is in a great position because the puc has already identified three projects that are shovel ready and would have an immediate impact on our water supplies. these include the san francisco groundwater supply project, the lower cherry aqueduct restoration project and the city-wide direct install toilet program. so, my resolution is urging the state of california to prioritize funding for the san francisco public utilities commission for these water projects in order to provide emergency relief during this adroit and to promote conservation and supply diversification for the long term sustainability of the system upon which 2.6 million residents of the bay area rely

on. my second resolution is also natured themed. it will declare march 7 through march 14th of 2014 as arbor week in san francisco. volunteer from the community and the department of public works will come together to plant and maintain trees throughout the city. they will be planting a signature tree in dedication to the late nelson mandela at the l.a. hill hodge community center. they will also be planting a tree in the mission district to honor the late sandra kudra, a long time dpw employee. so, thank you to dpw and everyone in the community who worked for hard for urban forest and join us next week on the 14th at the l.a. hill hodge community center at 9:00 a.m. to clean up our community and plant trees not just throughout district 5, but throughout the city. the last thing is today is fat

tuesday, mardi gras and there is no other place that you want to be other than the fillmore. for the past couple of years, the fillmore has had some amazing events. all of the merchants participate with drink specials, at gussy's chicken and waffles [speaker not understood], unfortunately i can't get you into state provision because they're always booked a month in advance. if you walk up and down the street, not only will you see people, you'll see a band going up and down the street playing music, passing out mardi gras bead. what we want to do is turn the fillmore into the second place to be after new orleans with regards to mardi gras. it's a great place to be so pick up your kids early from gymnastics class because the fillmore is going to be the place to party tonight. thank you, and the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor campos will submit. president chiu.

>> thank you, colleagues. i have two items today. the first item i have is a resolution that would urge governor jerry brown to grant someone who i think many of us know well in the community, eddie zane, to grant him a full pardon and remain in the country and continue to serve young people in the bay area. many of you know eddie as someone we worked with closely. you probably know at the age of 16 he he committed a robbery. he he served 19 years in the state prison where he was a model inmate and for the past 10 plus years he has demonstrated an incredible commitment to working with young people, particularly under served asian american at risk youth as a project director of the community youth center where he he has mediated numerous youth conflicts and coordinated many activities to educate, employ, and empower young people. all board of supervisors in 2006 passed a similar resolution asking the

department of homeland security to allow him to remain in our country and then in 2010 we passed another unanimous resolution requesting a pardon from then governor schwarzenegger. want to thank supervisors kim, cohen and yee for your support and hope we will be able to support this and pass this next week. i am also introducing a supplemental appropriation to create a new teen dickvval lab at our san francisco main library. a few years ago under the leadership of the public library working along with our academy of sciences, kqed and the bay area video coalition, we he received a $100,000 grant to plan for this physical teen center. and in conjunction with a 19 member advisory board made up of san francisco youth, the result of that planning grant is the proposed 4700 square foot teen digital media lab at our main library. and the idea of this is really to help serve as a hub for out of school learning for young

people from throughout the bay area. this means library capital program would be fully funded from the library prer vation fund including the supplemental. and expending these funds to allow us as the city to invest in the future of our young people at a time we had a 21st century economy [speaker not understood], it is important we ensure all teenagers have access to on hand experienceses with these new technologies and become experts in new media. so, with that, colleagues, ask for your support and i want to thank supervisor kim for her co-sponsorship of this supplemental appropriation as well. >> thank you, mr. president. supervisor cohen. >> thank you, madam clerk. i have two piece he to discuss today. first i'm introducing a hearing request on the deficiencies in property management for mco real estate investment trust.

emco is headquartered in denver and has properties in 24 states including four properties right here in san francisco. [speaker not understood], la salle, bayview, shore view, which is approximately over 600 household units. over the years i personally have tried to work with the enco- to begin to address some of the deficiencies and improve the services to the residents but have been really unsuccessful. i've heard complaints from constituents about unequal enforcement of rules, harassment of children and women by enco staff or contracted staff, retaliation against residents for making complaints. some properties have been without a property manager for up to six months leaving them without a system in place to handle maintenance service requests. so, without any reservation, i'm looking forward to hearing that -- hearing that request.

i have an in memoriam for a gentleman named major kurt lee. and major kurt lee was actually presided over the -- this year's lunar new year parade. he recently suddenly passed away. major kurt chiu young lee passed away yesterday on march 3rd. major lee was born in san francisco in 1926 to a family of chinese immigrants and grew up in sacramento, california. he was introduced to the marine corps while he was 18 years old. the marine corps reinstituted its regular officer training program in september of 1945 by reactivating the basic school which was deactivated for the duration of world war ii. the first basic class was convened the following month with major lee as a member. and when he graduated without incident in april of 1946, he

made history by being the first nonwhite and asian american to be commissioned as a regular marine officer. he was instrumental in -- he was instrumental in opening the marine corps towards accepting more racial minorities into its officer rankseses. major lee made a one-man raid on a chinese gun position during the battle in the winter of 1950 ~. he he then led 500 men on a five-mile nighttime hike across mountainous terrain in a blizzard in 30 degree weather. to reinforce the rescue -- and rescue another [speaker not understood] all while doing this with a broken arm. when he was shot and had to be evacuated. the fighting was so intense that roughly 90% of his rifle company was killed or wounded. he was awarded the navy cross for his effort. i know major lee touched the

lives of many and will be missed. i'm honored to recognize major lee in his work and service to this country. i ask that we close the full board in honor of his memory. thank you, madam clerk. the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. farrell submits. supervisor kim. >> thank you. i just want to announce that we are requesting a report from our budget and legislative analyst on open source and what our city spends on licensed software in comparison to other municipalities and examining open source software. this is an issue that i know that the city has taken on preliminarily. san francisco's open 301 spoon app and our data developed in cooperation with code for america shows we have already taken concrete steps towards open [speaker not understood].

it makes us one of 40 u.s. states and one of 45 u.s. cities and counties releasing public data online using open document formatting. investigating more open source software options would be a strong step forward for san francisco. it is financially responsible as the software is free and i am curious how much the city spends on licensed software like outlook, for example, which is something that has an open source option. and is in line with the city's history of being progressive ~ on our policy innovation. just some examples of what other cities have done, the city of blooming ton, indiana's website content management is an open source project. the veterans administration has been using open source for medical record since 2011. [speaker not understood] already seeing the financial benefits from moving from microsoft office to open document formatting. they have expected to save 50 million pounds, that's about $80 million per year just from that one change. so, if you imagine as an individual user when you buy

microsoft how much that costs for an individual person, how much local government spends on making sure that every desktop and city government employees have that software in effect. the white house said in 2011 we believe in contributing to open source software as a way for the government to share data, and return value to taxpayer. not only is the software free, it's also one if we improve our software on open source, it gets improved for other municipalities or companies that are using that software as well. and, so, for those of you that are familiar, germany had a policy of only using open source software, using as a server platform linux in 2001 and then using open source as their default desktop choice in 2005, using applications such as open office and [speaker not understood]. i'm interested in seeing what we can do as a city to pilot program like this on both saving money, but also working

on software that can be utilized by anyone for free and improving on that data. so, we've asked the budget analyst to work with the controller's office on that report. the second, i wanted to also make an in memoriam and that is for one of our residents, edward zach who died peacefully on february 19th this year in san francisco. he was 76 and ed was born on august 10th, 1937 in alliance, ohio to hilda [speaker not understood] and edward zach. ed was a photographer, maverick and beloved member of the southpark community in san francisco. he is also affectionately known as the mayor of southpark. he served in the u.s. army from 1955 until 1958 at the presidio in san francisco while he played trumpet, one of my favorite instruments in the sixth u.s. army band. during his expensive career, ed specialized in capturing large format product photography,

intricate facial expressions of famous and not so famous people, an eclectic [speaker not understood] developed a well tuned sarcastic sense of humer that delivered the message with subtle bluntness. his works for the likes of del monte, [speaker not understood], and mjb. their agency such as [speaker not understood], mather, [speaker not understood], and [speaker not understood] are [speaker not understood] who's who san francisco agencies. the unofficial mayor or sheriff of southpark, ed surrounded himself during his lifetime with antiques, gadgets, plus an ever evolving library of his favorite detective murder mystery and western novels. one of his last endeavors was to photograph the faces of southpark, diverse community of southpark for southpark renovation. most days you could find hip reading book after book in froth of his open garage door

with a sign informing all on lookers that nothing was junk and nothing was for sale, although there were collectionseses of collectibles throughout. throughout his many years in southpark he knew almost [speaker not understood] on southern station. he took it upon himself to go after commercial banner aircraft. i'm sure the faa knew his name. ed watched over the park and was a true original and the lack of his presence is a loss. and, so, i did want to submit on his in memoriam, end our board meeting in his memory. we didn't prepare an in memoriam for this gentleman, but i did also want to inform the board that joseph flanagan who is the vice-chair of our transportation authority commission cac also passed away last night. he is a resident of d6, he lives in fox plaza, two blocks from city hall. many of you remember him. he went throughout our hallways, [speaker not understood] in our offices and

campaigned and always gave the tacac report at plans and programs and also here at the full commission. he never missed a meeting and he was someone that truly loved serving and representing, and we're truly sorry to hear of his loss and we will have an in memoriam in preparation for him next week and we would love to also end in his honor next week and hopefully as a full board as sponsors. and the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor mar. >> thank you. i guess first of all i just wanted to thank supervisor cohen for honoring my uncle, major kurt lee from the u.s. marine corps who passed away. i did want to say that my mother and my aunt juliet are his -- are looking after his estate and i may have to fly to d.c. for the services at some point soon. but difficult want to thank my cousin and her mom juliet for

discovering my uncle's body and making sure that after he even left the chinese new year's parade where he was the grand marshal of the parade, that we were looking out for him because his health was -- it's difficult to come out at the age of 88 in san francisco and then to fly back. but i did want to express on behalf of my family great thankfulness to san francisco for honoring him and acknowledging him, and especially roger dong and ron lee from the cafe post in san francisco for always treating him so honorably in san francisco when they brought him out here. he was born in 1926, so, he had a really great life. and i did want to say, too, that though he had a number of purple hearts and the silver star, he he achieved the second highest u.s. military honor, the navy cross. but many within the orza